sleep
verb (used without object)
to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
am sleeping
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present progressiveof sleep (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I don't know where I am sleeping tonight," one passenger in Cape Town identified only as Farhad, who was trying to return to Germany after a holiday, told the Newzroom Afrika broadcaster.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
“I am sleeping on the sand. It’s freezing,” said Soad Qarmoot, who described herself as a cancer patient forced to leave her home in the northern town of Beit Lahiya.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
“There is no mattress for me to sleep on. I am sleeping on the sand. It’s freezing.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
She thinks I am not pulling my weight as a father and am sleeping too long.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2021
When I am sleeping I can see their faces, and I wish I knew their names.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
